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"I learned so much about arms control and disarmament at ACA! I learned more about arms control here in four months than I had in all three years at my college."

– Alicia Sanders-Zakre
Intern, Fall 2016
December 16, 2016
China
  • NATO Strengthens Eastern Flank, Eyes Russia, China
    July 1, 2022

    NATO approved a new strategic concept, announced plans to boost its military force, and began accepting
    two new members as it pushed back against Russia and China.

  • No Ordinary NPT Review Conference
    June 1, 2022

    At this time of heightened nuclear danger, responsible NPT states must act with urgency to reinforce norms against nuclear weapons, push back against Russia’s nuclear bullying, and strengthen their commitment to reverse the arms race, avoid nuclear war, and eliminate nuclear weapons.

  • Space Security Working Group Meets
    June 1, 2022

    The forum was mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote “responsible behaviors” in space.

  • Nuclear Threats and Alerts: Looking at the Cold War Background
    April 1, 2022

    The recent brandishing of nuclear threats evokes the early days of the Cold War when such threats were the modus operandi of superpower conduct.

  • On Nuclear Weapons, Actions Belie Reassuring Words
    January 11, 2022

    On Jan. 3, the leaders of the five nuclear-armed members of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issued a rare joint statement on preventing nuclear war in which they affirmed, for the first time, the 1985 Reagan-Gorbachev maxim that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”

  • Saudi Arabia Said to Produce Ballistic Missiles
    January 11, 2022

    Saudi Arabia is building ballistic missiles, according to CNN.

  • Chinese Hypersonic Glider Said to Fire Projectile
    January 11, 2022

    The hypersonic glide vehicle that China allegedly tested in July included the release of an unspecified projectile, the Financial Times reported.

  • A Small Step Toward an ASAT Ban
    December 1, 2021

    Last month, the UN First Committee, responsible for international security, approved a compromise resolution that sets into motion a new open-ended working group to develop rules of the road for military activities in space.

  • China’s Strategic Arsenal: Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems
    December 1, 2021

    Editors James M. Smith and Paul J. Bolt have produced an insightful book that enriches the public debate with a holistic and systematic examination of China’s nuclear strategy.

  • Pentagon Sees Faster Chinese Nuclear Expansion
    December 1, 2021

    China is accelerating its development of strategic nuclear warheads, more than doubling last year’s estimate, according to the U.S. Defense Department’s 2021 China military power report.

  • China, Russia Propose North Korea Sanctions Relief
    December 1, 2021

    China and Russia are pushing the UN Security Council to lift certain sanctions on North Korea in recognition of steps Pyongyang has taken to denuclearize and to encourage further negotiations.

  • Biden-Xi Virtual Summit Should Lead to Agreement on Nuclear Risk Reduction Talks
    November 15, 2021
    Like the United States and Russia, the United States and China are both locked in a dangerous state of mutual nuclear vulnerability. Its time for a regular dialogue on nuclear risk reduction and arms control.
  • Arms Control Association Says China’s Nuclear Buildup Deeply Troubling
    November 3, 2021

    The executive director is calling for the start of talks on arms control and risk reduction to head off a dangerous arms race.

  • China’s Nuclear Expansion: The Challenges, Implications, and Risk Reduction Options
    November 2, 2021

    As the Biden administration continues to conduct a review of U.S. nuclear weapons policy scheduled to be completed in early 2022, China appears to be in pursuit of a significant and concerning expansion of the diversity and the size of its nuclear forces.

  • Toward a Successful NPT Review
    November 1, 2021

    Twenty-six years ago, at the 1995 review conference on the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the future of the treaty was not asssured. But the states-parties committed to the “complete elimination of nuclear weapons” and endorsed specific disarmament actions that led to the indefinite extension of this treaty. But since at least 2010, the nuclear disarmament process has stalled, and the NPT regime is once again at a crossroads.

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